centos man page for shuf

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NAME
       shuf - generate random permutations

SYNOPSIS
       shuf [OPTION]... [FILE]
       shuf -e [OPTION]... [ARG]...
       shuf -i LO-HI [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -e, --echo
	      treat each ARG as an input line

       -i, --input-range=LO-HI
	      treat each number LO through HI as an input line

       -n, --head-count=COUNT
	      output at most COUNT lines

       -o, --output=FILE
	      write result to FILE instead of standard output

       --random-source=FILE
	      get random bytes from FILE

       -r, --repeat
	      output lines can be repeated

       -z, --zero-terminated
	      end lines with 0 byte, not newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report shuf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Eggert.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for shuf is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and shuf programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

	      info coreutils 'shuf invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.22						     June 2014								   SHUF(1)